"I worked hard for my disability"

pavulon · 08-28-2010, 10:10 AM

I had a 54 yo 350+ pound female tell me this yesterday...she was walking (too slowly to make a difference as well as fully leaning on the front rail) on a treadmill at a gym. She said her legs hurt too much to do her job (housekeeping at a hospital) anymore. Her reply was to my asking if she was able to lose weight and comfortably stay on her feet, would she want to re-enter the workforce

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I'm not sure I've ever heard or read a more ironic statement.

Danny_Ocean · 08-28-2010, 10:15 AM

Amazing, isn't it? Being obese is now a disability classification. Only in America!

Schumi · 08-28-2010, 10:23 AM

I love this country, yet I seemingly despise so many people in it.

These kind are near the top of my list.

Zeke · 08-28-2010, 11:14 AM

Ask her if she'd like to lose weight and stay alive. The big dirt nap is the quintessential disability.

herr_oberst · 08-28-2010, 11:38 AM

Life imitating Homer Simpson. . .

widgeon13 · 08-28-2010, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by milt

Ask her if she'd like to lose weight and stay alive. The big dirt nap is the quintessential disability.

That may be true but there are a lot of these fat pieces if s--- making it to old age and then sucking the life out of the medical system as they eat their way to greater disability. I also despise these people and their totally selfish attitude.

bell · bell's Garage

No......homer simpson has a job......

sammyg2 · 08-28-2010, 12:19 PM

Our tax dollars are putting waaaay too much food into her pie hole.
That should stop.

Schumi · 08-28-2010, 02:21 PM

Theres a lot of homeless around LA, but I haven't seen any that were really fat.

Oh, that's right... when you don't have disability payment covering the roof over your head and the food you're stuffing your face with, it's hard to be fat.

Jim Bremner · 08-28-2010, 02:25 PM

I'm really surprised that this hasn't gone PARF

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I see people in the gym every single day who are walking on a treadmill slower than you'd walk in a buffet line. I don't get it. The weather is usually very nice here. Why not just do it outdoors for free? Why pay for a gym membership, get the silly matching spandex suit and then do absolutely no more exercise than you'd get walking around a shopping mall? I hate everyone.

herr_oberst · 08-28-2010, 03:44 PM

In one episode of the Simpsons, Homer purposely gained a bunch of weight to take advantage of a loophole that let morbidly obese nuclear plant employees telecommunicate from home....

.....hilarity ensued.

pavulon · 08-28-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

I'm really surprised that this hasn't gone PARF

Interestingly, a few months ago this lady told me that she is now doing public ministry.

I don't think there is any relationship b/w her obesity and her being religious but I do believe that her "everything bad happens to me," "it's the system" (her words), "I couldn't afford to get a job and still keep my gym membership" (more of her words) take on life can lead people to "turn it over to a higher power" which is often simply an excuse for pathetic folks to carry on the way they are. That's only my take on lots of folks with lots of issues (i.e. fat and/or 12 kids and/or woking for cash and/or....).

I'm happy to help folks that are down on their luck but I deeply dislike anyone trying to substitute argumentative conviction for substance...especially when trying to fool even themselves by barely walking on a treadmill when it's 70 degrees and sunny outside and they just drove 13 miles to get to the gym. JEEBUSS.

URY914 · URY914's Garage

I work at a hospital. Most nurses are over weight.

Tobra · Tobra's Garage

A lot of them smoke too.